Improved sweat-shield for saddle-fads



RETIRE c. sTURGEs, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNQR To AMERICAN'SADDLEcQMpianti(.-y

Letters Patent No'. 87,379, dated March 2, 1869,V

IMPROVED SWEAT-SHIELD PoR 'e.Manue-lasps.v

The Schedule' referred to these Lei-.terel Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom 'it come/m:

Be it known that I, Rnrmn O. SrUReEs, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a uewand improvedImpervious Sweat- Shield for Saddle-Pads; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full and exact description thereof,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

which form a portion of this specification- Figure 1 being a top view,and

Figure 2, a longitudinal section of said inve'n rdn. l

That description of saddle-pads whose'beari'ng-surfaces are composed ofleather, serge, kersey, ticking, canvas, or other pervious material,when subjected. to

use in hot Weather, soon become saturated with animal exudations, whichexudations soon destroy the elasticity of the 'stuffing of the pads, andrender thecovering of the same greasy and dirty. 'lhe action of suchpads upon the skin` of the animal is just what might be expected; theyproduce irritation and ugly sores, which not unfrequently render horsesand mules uuiit for service during an entire season.

The object of my present invention is to remedy the imperfection of thesaid saddle-pads by means of an inexpensive device, to be used inconnection therewith.

This device consists of what maybe termed a sweatshield, and is to beplaced beneath the old style of saddle-pads, the same being composed ofa bearing-snrface, a, of vulcanized rubber, which is cQuibinedwith anysuitable strengthening fibrous backing, and* this, again, is protectedby a leather or othersuitable louter covering, l. s l v y y l In thematter of shape and proportions, the 4said sweat-shield should be madeto t the harness-saddle or riding-saddle with which it is to belused,.and the edges thereof may be boundand stitched with plain orfancy-colored materials, to suit the taste of themaker or user.` v y iWhat I claim, s my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,as. a. new and useful manufacture,

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A sweatshield for saddle-pads, composed of abear- -ing-surface'ofvulcanized rubber, which is combined with any suitable strengthening4and protecting fibrous backing,- and protected by an outer covering ofleather or other suitable material, substantially asV herein set forth.

The foregoing specification of my 5vnew saddle-padshield signed andwitnessed, this day of January, 1869.

RETIRE dsTURensf Witnesses:

K. W. BAKER, JOHN A. ROLF..

